We actually arrived Friday night at a decent hour...just before 9pm. That NEVER happens. Rachel, Matt, and I walked down to the Marietta square and listened to a band that was playing. It was so fun, but also very hot! Matt had to get ice cream, of course.
Saturday morning we got up and walked back to the square to go to the farmers market. I LOVED it! Ice pops, flowers, peaches. I wanted it all! :) We also stopped in a few cute shops.
We made a few stops on the way to Bekah's house to get ready for Luke's birthday party. We helped with a few last minute party details, then the fun began. It was fun to watch Luke and his friends play because most of them will be going into kindergarten this year. It made me think a lot about my upcoming class and what they will be like. The party was great, but the temperature broke an Atlanta record as being the hottest day in history. I think it was 107 degrees. We ended up staying at Bekah's house until almost 11pm. I got to read Luke 2 stories before "bedtime" and that was really sweet. Of course he wanted me to read even more...haha!
Sunday Matt and I got up and drove a short 15 minutes to Passion City Church which I've now deemed as our Atlanta home church....or our churh away from home. LOVED IT! We got there a little bit after 10 and got great seats. Amazingly I didn't cry this time!! (Just the night before when I couldn't sleep because of excitment...I cried, "Thank you Matt for taking me to PCC again!" Ha!) I tried to capture the pure joy that I felt as we arrived!!!!
Chris Tomlin, Matt Mehar, and AUDREY ASSAD led worship. I was absolutely SHOCKED to see Audrey up on stage, but in a GREAT way. I LOVE her music and have both of her cds, follow her on twitter, you know, I think she is amazing! Matt and I love the lyrics to her songs, she is a gifted writer. Even though my Christy Nockels that I love so much didn't lead worship, we noticed that her husband, Nathan Nockels, was playing the keyboard. He is such a great musician and it was fun to see him up there leading worship.
And YES, it is true. BETH MOORE preached the "WORD" series that day. We were already planning on going when we found out she would be there, since Louie was at Hillsong. So I was EXCITED and READY all week!!! Even though PCC has 3 services in the summer, the house was packed. People were standing and sitting on the floor. As always, Beth delivered a fresh word. Very powerful. (I was a chicken and got no pictures of her speaking. Ugh!! A man in front of me did and I really wanted to ask him to take one for me. :))
After church we went back to Rachel's house, ate sandwiches, and squeezed in a bit more family time. It was a good day! We love our niece and nephew so much and wish that we could see them more. Harper takes after me in her love for jewelry. She had some rings that she carried around all weekend...sooo sweeet!
Now, our 4th of July. Matt actually had the day off so he kindly helped me work on a few house projects. We also got some relaxation in though. Then last night, we had our friends, the Jense's, over to cookout. We didn't leave the house until close to 9 and tried our luck at the rose garden, you know, since we live in the rose city. We found parking easily and could see the fireworks perfectly. It turned out to be a great place to be....surrounded by roses, pretty trees, and Cherokee lake behind us.
Have a blessed day!
